Jess Bernberg

Jess is a graduate of Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the 2018 Laboratory Associate Lighting Designer at Nuffield Southampton Theatres. She won the Association of Lighting Designer’s Francis Reid Award in 2017 and was long-listed for a 2018 Offie award for Best Lighting Design for FCUK'D at the Bunker.

And The Rest Of Me Floats

The lighting and sound design – from Jess Bernberg and Dominic Kennedy, respectively – were subtle but creative, making the most of the otherwise rather limited space. Both were used particularly well in a scene where the cast undressed and redressed onstage, corralled and exposed with a spotlight.
Louis Shankar, HisKind15/09/2017

The lighting and sound design – from Jess Bernberg and Dominic Kennedy, respectively – were subtle but creative, making the most of the otherwise rather limited space. Both were used particularly well in a scene where the cast undressed and redressed onstage, corralled and exposed with a spotlight.
Louis Shankar, HisKind15/09/2017

SQUIRM

Switching between timelines, Jess Bernberg’s lighting design transports between scenes; one moment, a pub’s fairy lights adds romance to a bleak meeting of two individuals, then the grey drags back the grimness of Rory’s bathroom. It encompasses the stage, and on a small budget, with discomfort, places the audience into Rory’s private and disgusting state.
Madhia Hussain, Live Theatre UK11/03/2017

The lighting, by Jess Bernberg, is one of the highlights (pun intended): fairy lights create for us the atmosphere of a pub garden, red bulbs put us in a macabre mood, and spotlights send us to new locations and situations.
Rhiannon D'Averc, Hiive22/07/2016

The lighting design by Jess Bernberg managed to change the location from bathroom to pub to lounge in a way that the simple staging shouldn’t have allowed.
Rob Warren, Everything Theatre22/07/2016

This is Matty, and He is Fucked

Jess Bernberg’s talent is apparent with her ensuring all actors and the action takes place under well-lit areas, something I imagine is difficult to achieve in a venue not designed for theatrical performances.
Madhia Hussain, Live Theatre UK18/10/2016